Putnam County, NY – DA Opposes Request For Info On Gun Owners
Putnam County, NY - The chief prosecutor in a New York county says he is opposed to releasing the names and addresses of licensed gun owners.
Putnam County District Attorney Ada...
Jerusalem – Hagel Nomination Unnerves Some In Israel
Jerusalem - President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the former Nebraska senat...
Brooklyn, NY – Sephardic Community Federation Working to Prevent Casino From Coming to Coney Island
Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s proposal to bring a casino to Coney Island has the Sephardic Community Federation spearheading an effort to prevent the ...
Ramallah, West Bank – Abbas Avoids Clash With Israel Over State Symbols
Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian officials say they will not rush to issue new passports and ID cards with the emblem "State of Palestine" to avoid confrontation with Israel.
L...
Jerusalem – Rav Amnon Yitzhak: I Won’t Stop, I Will Save The Jewish People
Jerusalem - Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, a well-known haredi outreach preacher and founder of newly established Koah Lehashpia, said the party would be running in the coming elections, des...
Washington – Obama Taps Hagel For Pentagon, Brennan For CIA
Washington - Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the lea...
Washington – Analysis: Obama May Turn Medicare Reform Into Wider Health Debate
Washington - President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encom...
Jerusalem – Report: Charedi Singer ‘Dedi’ Denies Allegation He Gave PM 1000s Of Shekels’
Jerusalem - Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein is investigating a claim that a businessman transferred hundreds of thousands of shekels to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Channel...
Jerusalem – Rav Ovadia Yosef To Yeshiva Students: Leave Israel To Avoid Being Drafted
Jerusalem - During a lecture this past Friday in Jerusalem, Rav Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, said if Israel continues to draft yeshiva students into the ID...
Jerusalem – As Elections Loom, War Of Words Wages On Between R’ Ovadia Yosef And R’ Amnon Yitzchak
Jerusalem - With just over two weeks left until the Israeli Knesset elections, tension continues to escalate between Rav Ovadia Yosef, leader of the Shas party and Rabbi Amnon Yitz...
Washington – Obama Returns To Capital After Hawaii Vacation
Washington - President Barack Obama has returned to Washington after a winter vacation in Hawaii that was interrupted by the "fiscal cliff" crisis.
Obama arrived at Andrews Air ...
Trenton, NJ – Christie: Comments On Obama, Boehner Part Of Job
Trenton, NJ - In 2010, Gov. Chris Christie underestimated the first major storm of his administration by flying to Disney World hours before snow crippled New Jersey. A year later,...
New York – School Bus Strike Threatened For Monday
New York - More than 150,000 New York City public school students may have to find other ways to get to school Monday morning.
The union representing the city's school bus drive...
Washington – Republican Party Seems As Divided, Angry As Ever
Washington - The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.
Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions...
Washington – Democratic Aide: Obama To Name Former Senator Hagel For Defense Secretary
Washington - President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be his defense secretary, and an announcement could come on Monday, a congressional Democ...
West Bank – Palestinian PM Blasts Arabs On Missing Financial Pledges
West Bank - The Palestinian self-rule government is close to being "completely incapacitated," largely because Arab countries haven't delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in p...
Washington – Pelosi Suggests Top Earners Pay Even More In Taxes
Washington - House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi isn't ruling out pushing for upper-income earners to pay more even after the "fiscal cliff" deal that raised their taxes.
She t...
Jerusalem – Netanyahu Appeals For Right-Wing Votes
Jerusalem - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed in a rare interview on Sunday to his right-wing base to cast ballots for his list, rather than hawkish alternatives,...
Syria – Defiant Assad Summons Syrians For “War To Defend Nation”
Syria - A defiant President Bashar al-Assad called on Sunday for national mobilization in a "war to defend the nation", describing rebels fighting him as terrorists and agents of f...
Washington – House Approves $9.7 Billion In Sandy Flood Aid
Washington - More than two months after Superstorm Sandy struck, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and busine...